From World of Warcraft to 110 WPM – The Typing Speed Advantage

When people ask why my emails, FOIs, and pre-action letters land so fast and so sharp, the answer is simple: World of Warcraft.

Back in the day, I clocked over a year of /played time in WoW. Raiding at the very top tier wasn’t just about fast reactions in-game – it trained me to type at insane speeds while processing information in real time. That grind hardwired a skill that most solicitors and managers can’t match: typing at 110 words per minute on average, with peaks over 130 WPM.

That speed is a weapon. While law firms pass drafts through a partner, junior, paralegal, and secretary, I can draft, refine, and publish in the same hour. My typing speed means I collapse bureaucracy into momentum. They write to contain. I write to expose. And I do it faster.

Here’s the proof from a live Typeracer session:

I also want to acknowledge one of the players who inspired me most: Byron “Reckful” Bernstein. Reckful was one of the greatest WoW players of all time, incredibly gifted and a pioneer of streaming. I was a huge fan since 2012. He died in 2020 after a long battle with mental health. His story reminds us that talent and struggle often sit side by side.

This video, uploaded over twelve years ago, shows the link between WoW and typing speed:

This isn’t just gaming reflexes carried forward. It’s why institutions feel like they’re drowning when my emails land. They’re slow. I’m fast. They draft by committee. I draft like someone who has spent most of his life at a keyboard – not a keyboard warrior, but a keyboard Jedi.